RFE/RL Security Watch Vol. 1, No. 17, 13 November 2000
SERGEI IVANOV RANKS SECURITY THREATS. In his "Vek," no. 44, interview, Security Council Secretary Sergei Ivanov ranked the threats to Russia as being "the expansion of NATO eastwards, international terrorism and the concept of humanitarian interventions, which, he said, "derives from a world view which ignores the opinions of others." He said that among the country's most pressing internal threats were Chechnya and the efforts of some governments to use sovereignty declarations to undermine the constitution. Ivanov said that in this area the situation has been "improving" since Vladimir Putin became president. He also noted that the Strategic Rocket Forces will not be incorporated into the air forces until 2006 and that the reduction of the SRF will reflect only the decommissioning of older ICBMs.
Copyright (c) 2000. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. http://www.rferl.org
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